Sentence Fragments: Disconnected Prepositional Phrases

Application 2

Instructions Fix each fragment below by making the prepositional phrase act as a modifier within a larger sentence. The sentence provided by the computer (click the "answer" button) is just one of an infinite number of correct responses. Compare your answers, also, to those of your classmates. 1. In my neighbor's driveway.      2. With a purple hat and a frantic face.      3. Before my first class in the old building.      4. Past the library and the cafeteria.      5. After leaving out the most important part.

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 8.1 Pretest 8.2 Your Writing 8.3 Incomplete Verbs 8.4 Disconnected Prepositional Phrases 8.5 Disconnected Verbal Phrases 8.6 Disconnected Dependent Clauses 8.7 Review and Practice 8.8 Fun with Grammar 8.9 Return to Your Writing 8.10 Mastery Test